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More Talk
Captain Spark has posted another 33 dialogue snippets on his website. This is the third such release - if you missed the first two, don't worry, we'll be posting them soon in the upcoming Halo 2 Dialogue Databank. (These 33 will be available for the next week or so on CS's website.) (Louis Wu 23:30:37 UTC) (permalink)
1UP's Best of 2004
1Up.com has begun collecting data for their Best Games of 2004 Awards - head over and vote. Halo 2 is up for Best Shooter, Best Online/Multiplayer, and Game of the Year. Thanks, Frankie. (Louis Wu 21:25:06 UTC) (permalink)
Halo CE Movie Contest
Gearbox Software, EPG Servers, and Halo Maps have teamed up to present a pretty nice contest; create a 90 second video on the theme 'Play Halo CE', and win free dedicated server hosting for Halo CE and Gearbox schwag. The full details can be found over at the Halo Maps website. You've got December 31 to get your entry in - go read the rules and get started! (Louis Wu 21:21:17 UTC) (permalink)
He's behind You, Idiot.
New guest strip over at Halo Babies - done by Bluestone, of 343GS. Hehe - I've seen this a few times myself... (Louis Wu 19:57:17 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Reading
18 new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section - quite a few of them are poems. Interesting shift... (Louis Wu 14:38:26 UTC) (permalink)
'Tis the season...
Gamespy published its 2004 Holiday Guide - and of course, Halo 2 is among its recommendations. "Great Gift For: Xbox owner who loved the first one, loves shooters, or breathes." Sounds about right. Thanks, HaloPlanet. (Louis Wu 14:04:59 UTC) (permalink)
Brutemaster.
Another Brute joke in today's One One Se7en. Or maybe it's not a joke... it would explain a lot of things... (Louis Wu 13:29:32 UTC) (permalink)
Paper before pixel
Bentllama has updated his blog with some fascinating sketches - early work he did to teach himself how Elites moved. You want to see where an animator starts? Check this stuff out. (Louis Wu 10:45:02 UTC) (permalink)
Game of the Month
Lothar Hex points out that Gamespy has named Halo 2 its Game of the Month for November 2004. It beats out Half-Life 2, Metroid Prime 2, and Metal Gear Solid 3 for that title. Nice! (Louis Wu 10:37:35 UTC) (permalink)
Mac OSX Halo 2 Icons
Edwin Davis has created a series of Halo 2 icons for Mac OSX - use these to spruce up folders and disks. You can grab them off our server, in .sit format (900k), or you can visit Edwin's site and grab them in about a million different formats (from photoshop files to .icns resources and everything in between). Update: Not to be outdone, BOLL has submitted a collection of WinXP icons - 32x32, with 'soft edges' (unlikely to be supported by older Windows operating systems). 140K. (Louis Wu 10:34:06 UTC) (permalink)
Net News Roundup
Articles around the net:
- VNUnet.com - more on Microsoft and modded boxes
- The Gateway - Halo review (no score, but very positive, except for the ending)
- Eurogamer - Multiplayer review - 9/10 (lost points for lack of coop)
- The Scotsman - Multiplayer saves Halo (thanks, kinggun)
Dolls vs Doodz
This week's Halo Humpday Challenge pitted the Bungie Frag Doodz against girl gamers the Frag Dolls - a team of talented women who've shown themselves to be pretty deadly on the virtual battlefield. The game writeup was great... but the Frag Doodz website had me confused. (The Gamertags listed don't match the people pictured, for one thing.) Hilarious work, in any case. Go read about it! (Louis Wu 10:17:55 UTC) (permalink)
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